Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Arv och miljö by Vigdis Hjorth

23 reviews

obredwolf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Incest, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Rape

nini23's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

My feelings on this book depends on whether this is an autobiography or a work of fiction as the author has claimed. The author's sister has apparently published a book to refute the claims made in this book. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/04/vigdis-hjorth-will-and-testament-interview-i-wont-talk-about-my-family

As a work of fiction, I thought it illustrated very well the collective denial by family members of a traumatic event and the subsequent loneliness and isolation the victim feels with this 'taking of sides' and suppression of voice. Bergljot chooses to have minimal contact with her family until the contents of her parent's will forces her to re-engage with them

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape

adddde's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest

maddieden's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

amora_obscura's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Incest, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Grief

biglittleliza's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

lepasseportlitteraire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.5

🌱 In this introspective novel we slowly enter the mind of the protagonist and into her complicate/toxic family.

🌱 While I enjoyed the second half of the book, the first one let me very frustrated. It was indeed difficult to feel empathy with the main character in her hatred for her father as I did not know why the hatred was there. Maybe even more frustrating was the fact that the author hinted heavily to what her father fault was, yet we have to wait until half of the book to have a confirmation.

🌱 Maybe it was intentional (surely so), to make the reader feel the difficulty of the main character in talking about her trauma, but it did not work for me (it could for others).

🌱 The second half of the book was for me the real treat, and the themes that are tackled, are so in a delicate yet raw way, and letting go of the secrecy that characterises the first half of the book was what did the trick in my opinion - just hoped that happened earlier in the story

🌱 However, all together the book is very repetitive (intentional maybe, but still did not like it as it felt forced) and could easily have been half the length. Some repetitions serve the stories, but in most cases I found that the events that are described multiple times bring nothing new to the story (no different point of view, no new relevant details…)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

burnsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is the second book I have read by Vigdis Hjorth. It is amazing. Very sad and contemplative. It is a complex portait of a woman dealing with childhood trauma and a family that refuses to acknowledge it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Incest, Grief, and Gaslighting

laurathit's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Incest

shelfobsessed's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse